Article of furniture



Sept. 4-, 1923. 1467,147

S. ETTNER ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed April 9, 1925 IN VENTOR {51E tiner- ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

SAMUEL ETTNER, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

ARTICLE 013 Application filed April 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E'r'rNnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New Ybrk, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Articles of Furniture,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to articles of furniture, and more particularlyto woven willow furniture, and the main object is to provlde meanswhereby the seat of a chair or table top is prevented from sagging orlosing its original shape after being used, and consists of braces whichtransmit the strains from the seat or table top to the legs of thearticle, by which said strain is more readily taken up.

Another object is to provide a novel type of brace which is especiallyadapted for use with furniture and is composed of material such assteel, in which a relatively large amount of flexibility is inherent. Anextensible type of brace is also herewith presented as a modification.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below,in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in thedrawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevational view ofa chair.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the chair, the willow weave beingindicated only in part for convenience and clearness of illustration ofthe novel features.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevational view of the extensible brace, takenon line 3-3 of Figure l.

Figure l is a top plan view of the brace.

Figure 5 is a perspective vie-w of one of the brace arms.

Referring; in detail to the drawing, the numeral. 10 indicates the rearlegs of the chair which are slightly staggered and are secured to thelower surface of the woven seat 11, the side edges of. said seattapering toward the rear, as is usual in chair construction. The frontlegs 12 extend upwardly past the seat and form supports for the ends ofan arm rest weave. 13 which girdles the upper edge of the latticedwillow reeds 145, the latter forming the basket which encloses the sidesand the rear above the seat. Both the front and rear legs are preferablywrapped with willow which is woven into some desired ornamental design.A

FURNITURE.

1923. Serial No. 830,959.

seat support frame consisting substantially of side members 15 and frontand rear members 16 and 17 respectively, is" anchored beneath the seat11 and supports the latter. An additional member 18 may be provided onthe support frame midway between the members 16 and 17 and has its endssecured to the sides 15.

The braces which support the seat frame are essentially comprised of twoplates 19 and 20, each of which is bent at one end into an angular footplate 21. Plate 20 is pro-- vided with a plurality of spacedapartrectangular openings 22. Plate 19 has apair of similarly spaced apartears which are preferably formedby blanking said plate and bending theenclosed material upward, as indicated in Figure 5. split lengthwise,thereby forming a pair of aligned prongs 23 and'2l. i

In an article of furniture such as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, thebraces may be of the ordinary type such as indicated by the numeral 25.Where desired, an extensible brace may be used. Before attaching theplates 19 and 20 to each other, the

foot plates 21 of the cooperating plates are first attached to theirrespective positions. Thereafter, the plate 19 which carries theupturned prongs 23 and 24, is attached to its corresponding plate 20 byinserting said prongs into the openings 22 in the corresponding plate20. In order to secure thev brace in'this position, the projecting endsof the prongs are turned down to lie fiat on the surface of plate 20.The split ears which form the prongs are designed in this manner topermit eachpair -of aligned prongs to be turned over in oppositedirections, as shown in Figure 4.

I claim 1. In an article of furniture, means for bracing two memberscomprising a pair of plates, each having a foot plate thereon, one ofsaid plate members having aplurality of rectangular spaced apartopenings therein, cars on the remaining plate adapted to register in anyof said openings, said ears when bent over in said openings beingadapted to secure both plates together.

2. In an article of furniture, means for bracing two members comprisinga pair of plates slidable adjacent each other, each having a foot platethereon, one of said plates having a plurality of rectangular spacedapart openings therein, ears on the remaining plate said ears beingadapted to register in any of said openings of the firstnanied plate.said ears being split longitudinally to form a pair of adjacent prongseach set of adjacent prongs being adapted to be bent over in oppositedirections when securing both plates together.

3. In an article of furniture, means for bracing two members comprisinga pair of W plates, each having a foot plate thereon,

longitudinally to form a pair of adjacent 5 prongs adapted to be bent inopposite direetions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL ETTNER.

